He's not infallible but he is the best manager we have had in a long, long time. It may not have gone to plan this season and doesn't align with the glory hunters who didn't realise last season was a freak and expect us to win every game at a canter but he puts his everything into everyday and we have a bright future because of him
So many weird, uneducated takes on here. We controlled that game but Botman had a stinker and we lost our player of the season. They have a billion quid squad, we don't.
Eddie got the tactics wrong. Should have set up to frustrate them, unfortunately we have technical limitations but to me we have been the better team, they just have individuals with more class.
Edit...Murphy can hit one
Yeah and Howe has to adapt, he has to learn and I'm sure he is. Total different to what he has experienced before but in management you have to fail to improve over and over again. I have faith that he has the mentality to do this
Fatigue is a definite excuse. Howe drills his players non stop, physically and mentally. Intricate details day in day out. To not have that time or the squad to get those processes right is becoming detrimental. If we had players that could come in and do the exact job for that is asked of them we would be ok. It has git to a point where Eddie is asking his players to conserve energy where possible and we cannot find a balance. We need be full tilt 100% of the time with the shape we play but it's just not possible